Reversible dress



I May 31, 1927.

B. H. DRYER REVERSIBLE DRESS v Filed Feb. 25- 1926 gnucnlcv.

Patented May 31, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

IBEULAH E. DRYER, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AssIcNoR or aim-ma, 'ro GERALDa. DRYER, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

REVERSIBLE DRESS.

Application filed February 25, 1926. Serial No. 80,673.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved form ofreversible dress.

This and other objects of the inventionwill be fully illustrated in thedrawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claimsat the end thereof.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a ront elevation of the dress.

Figure 2 is a vertical perspective view of the left hand portion of thedress, therlght hand portion being cut awa Figure 3 is a plan view 0 onehalf of the dress either front or back.

Figure 4 is a section through the cuff on the line 4", 4* of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section through the collar on the line 5, 5" of Figure 2.

In the drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawings reference numeral 1 1ndicates the front of the dress and2 indicates the back of the dress. The front and back of the dress areeach made of one iece of cloth 'cut to the outline shown in igure 3.These two pieces are joined together along the side seams 3, 4 and alongthe shoulder seams 5, and 6. Each half of the dress is rovided with apocket 7, 80 8, as shown in igure'2. As the dress a pears in Figure 2the pocket 7 is on t e outside of the dress at the front and the pocket8 is on the inside of the dress at the back. When the front and back ofthe dress are joined together armholes are provided at 9 and 10 andthese are finished with the cuffs 11 and 12. The dress is also pro?vided with a V shaped neck opening 13 which is finished with a V shapedcollar 14. The collar 14 is in two pieces rightand left, one on eachside of the neck and each piece of the collar is made of two piecessuitably joined together at the curved outer edge and joined to the bodof the dress along the neck line. Each cu is made of one straight piecedoubled on itself and joined to the body of the dress around thearmholes. a belt15, the loose ends of WhICh are tled together at eitherthe front or back of the dress. It is also provided with belt slips onthe inside and out to support the belt.

The dress so made has a seam on each of the shoulders and down each sideof the dress, and it has a V shaped neck line both The dress is alsoprovided with in the dress. It is a slip-on dress and therefore buttonsand button holes therein are not needed.

The dress is reversible from inside back to the outside front andpresents the same appearance ineither position and also can be turnedaround from front to back.

In the ordinary wash dress when the front of the dress becomes soiled,it is necessary to have'the dress washed before it can be worn again. Itis a well known fact that the outside back of the dress can becomesoiled almost as quickly as the outside front of the dress. If the frontbecomes soiled the dress can be turned half way around so that thesoiled front is at the back and the soiled back is at the front. Such anex edien't, however, does not help much in pro onging the wear of thedress between washings, es-

specially in dresses for children. But the.

lnside of the dress both front and back will remain clean after theoutside has become soiled, and by turning the dress inside out, and thenby turnin it half way around, the original inside bac of the dressbecomes the outside front of the dress. I have made mydress that isshown in this application so that it can be used in both positions andwill present the same clean appearance in either position, and becausethe inside of the dress has been kept clean while it was the inside whenit is turned inside out and turned half way around, the dress is given aclean and neat ap arance in its new position. Therefore, the dfess canbe worn in both positions as a clean dress for each washing. It willalso be understood that the dress can be turned halfway around withoutbeing turned inside out so that it is possible to wear the dress ineither of four positions.

The collar and cuffs are reversible so that they will look the same ineither position and flat or felled seams are used so that. they look thesame on either side.

I claim:

1. A dress composed of two similar sections joined along the sides andshoulders to form the front and rear of the dress, the front of thefront section being provided Gil with certain embellishments to improveits appearance and utility, the front of the rear section being providedwith similar embellishments whereby the front .of the rear is convertedinto a substantial duplicate of the front of tbe t'ront, each of saidsections being provided with a V shaped notch to form a neck opening,said notch having the same appearance in both the front section and rearsection, and a collar stitched to the edges of said neck opening andadapted to hinge around said edges, said collar sideont and to presentthe same appearance when turned inside out and half way around.

2. A dress as defined in claim '1, certain of said embellishmentsconsisting of loops to provide for the passage of a belt therethrough.

In testimony whereof I afiix 1n signature.

BEULAH H. RYER

